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The Art of Implementing Responsible and Effective GenAI a...

Raman Abrol CEO of Vubiquity and General Manager for Amdocs Media, a global leader in software and services for communications and media companies, is sharing his thoughts regarding the art of implementing responsible and effective GenAI and automation across media supply chains. Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI), the modern elixir of...

Submitted by Jenni

Published 10 April 2024

Meptik Equips Miami University with State-of-the-Art XR S...

In a grand ribbon-cutting ceremony at the newly constructed Richard M. McVey Data Science Building, Miami University proudly revealed its latest technological marvel — an extended reality (XR) stage for the education of students in real-time workflows. Meptik, the leader in creative and technical services for virtual and immersive productions, spea...

Submitted by Liaison PR

Published 18 March 2024

Driving Content Security Preparedness from Script to Scre...

By: Terri Davies, President, Trusted Partner Network (TPN) According to Cybersecurity Ventures, the global annual cost of cybercrime is predicted to reach GBP 7.5 million (USD 9.5 trillion) in 2024. As we continue to navigate these trends and forecasts, I encourage you to ask yourselves, what is your company’s content security risk management st...

Submitted by Terri Davies

Published 30 January 2024

Prioritizing Localization Earlier in the Media Supply Cha...

The surge of content localization is a prolifically discussed topic, and it’s no secret that localization has become essential for content providers, streaming platforms, and broadcast networks to monetize their content, attract new subscribers and viewers, and ultimately provide more culturally relevant content. What was often a scalable investmen...

Submitted by Shawn Belluigi

Published 05 October 2023

Magine Pro and Appear partner to transform and optimize S...

Appear, the global leader in media processing and delivery technology, and Magine Pro, the platform for B2B managed services for OTT, have been chosen by Sappa to transform its OTT linear distribution media workflow to include fully on-premise transcoding. Sappa has migrated its existing cloud-based workflow to Appear’s NEO20 on-premise live transc...

Submitted by Katya Pristiyanti

Published 17 April 2023

Calrec Craft Interview: Florian Brown, A1

Craft Interview: Florian Brown, A1 Summary: Last year, veteran A1 Florian Brown spent a full day at Florida-based Full Sail University talking to students about what it’s like to work as an A1 and the benefits of working in the broadcast audio. His talk covered many of the different freelance possibilities in audio, video, EVS, editing and...

Submitted by Alicia Root

Published 06 April 2023

Honey, I shrank the data. How DNA storage could reduce th...

By A3 Communications Capacity, cost, and performance. Three of your top data storage priorities? No wonder, and it’s the same for most organisations across the media and entertainment sector. The volume of data M&E organisations produce is in overdrive, with its global storage market size predicted to reach almost $18bn by 2027. That is likely...

Submitted by KitPlus

Published 17 March 2023

The Future of Broadcast Technology

What vision do you have of the broadcast technology business moving towards 2030 and beyond?We are currently in the middle of a transition phase with migration to several new technologies, from the move to IP-based infrastructure and the shift from linear to video-on-demand (VOD). The question for all of us is how long that transition phase will l...

Submitted by Sebastian Richter

Published 18 August 2022

Spotlight on James Gilbert, Director of Product and Solut...

What vision do you have of the broadcast technology business beyond 2030?Over the next eight years we are going to be in transition, and within that there will be vastly different rates of change among content owners and media organisations. As a technology provider the onus is on us to be flexible and adaptable to meet this wide range of requirem...

Submitted by James Gilbert

Published 25 July 2022

Spotlight on Karl Mehring, Director of Professional Servi...

How has the role of Professional Services evolved in recent years?Installation of equipment has always been important and has primarily been in-person. While in-person is still a requirement for some products, we are increasingly seeing a move towards remote set-up and support. The pandemic accelerated this transition; we had to innovate and find a...

Submitted by Karl Mehring

Published 29 June 2022

The Future of Broadcast Technology

1. What vision do you have of the broadcast technology business beyond 2030? Now that OTT and VOD have become more mainstream, many commentators talk about traditional broadcast methods, like terrestrial transmission, being a thing of the past. With so many new platforms and non-traditional content services carving out a growing slice of the marke...

Submitted by Manfred Reitmeier

Published 01 June 2022

Rohde & Schwarz integration with Adobe Premiere Pro

Now recognised as one of the leading editing platforms for television and video post, Adobe Premiere Pro combines powerful functionality and a familiar user interface whilst remaining a competitive option. Simple integration with other applications in the Adobe Creative Cloud family, including After Effects (motion graphics), Audition (audio post)...

Submitted by Ciaran Doran

Published 24 February 2022

How to successfully buy AV and Broadcast Equipment at Auc...

How to successfully buy AV and Broadcast Equipment at Auction Perhaps you wouldn't expect an auctioneer to tell you this - but yes, there are risks to buying equipment at auction; just probably not the risks that you think. Some people may dismiss buying at auction out of hand based on experiences they or friends or colleagues have had. As auctione...

Submitted by Dan Main

Published 19 January 2021

AJA Video Systems - Ki Pro GO User Review with Spellbinde...

For most of us 2020 enforced a step change in the way we work and the kind of productions that our businesses have been delivering. Back in March as the pandemic struck, I took a leap of faith and invested in some switching and streaming kit, in the form of a Tricaster Mini, encoding and NDI kit and some extra cameras. Fast forward nine months and...

Submitted by Ben Sherriff

Published 22 December 2020

In Ear Monitors Help The Cast And Crew of Americas Got Ta...

Capturing performances for television is a stressful business, especially if the programme is being filmed live. You want everything to be perfect but you are also aware that many things can go wrong, even with the best laid plans. Reducing the list of potential disasters is therefore high on any production crew’s agenda and one area where it is po...

Submitted by KitPlus

Published 21 December 2020